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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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SAP and Sybase Unwired
After talking with SAP on a panel last week and asking about their mobile business intelligence solutions, they have sent me a link about their SyBase Unwired mobility...
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Posterous Becomes Social
I have recommended Posterous for a beginner's blogging engine for beginners. In particular for its ability to work with mobile. I created a few templates for...
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Our Nature
I am a big fan of Steven Pinker, read a number of his books. On his forthcoming book. The Better Angels of our Nature:Why Violence has Declined.The author of The...
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Zapaday
I was just alerted to Zapaday. A site, which has similarities in purpose to Recorded Future, which I have now followed for some time. " ... Editors and bots...
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Innovation Execution
Paul Hobcraft on the execution of innovation. Its easy to build up a portfolio of innovation ideas. Much harder to execute them in a particular context of the...
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Growth in Data Related Jobs and the Importance of Language
From the Language Log. Language is important when you are looking for employment: " ... At the Revolutions blog, David Smith posts a nice little discussion about ...
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Commercial Jetpacks
After so many years it appears that commercial, one person flying jet packs are getting much closer. Legal apparently. Safe? Watch the skies.
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Over versus Underpackaging
A talk I gave this week in Chicago alerted me again to the issues involved in packaging products. I recall we were called in to look at how people reacted to packaging...
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Perception of Time
On the brain's perception of time. We examined this as part of how people shop. How does it change the dwell time in front of a shelf?
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Digital Gastronomy
This week I gave a presentation in Chicago and mentioned the idea of manufacturing food and beverage remotely, giving as examples the Coke Freestyle machine and...
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Smartphones for Checking Out in Retail
Michael Koploy posts a great article on using smartphones for retail checkout. It is a topic I have talked to many retailers about. It is a key issue for retailers...
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IBM Predictive Perspectives
I will be at the IBM Predictive Perspectives Innovative Ideas for Analytics next Tuesday, September 13 in Cincinnati (Actually in Covington KY). Want to meet...
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DemandTec Promotes Retail Challenge
I have been a long time promoter of getting all students started early in Technology, Math and Science. It is hard to fill in the gaps later. Just got this note...
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Google to do Dart
Google is introducing a new structured Web programming language called Dart.
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Driving Levels of Interaction
Gamification can get people minimally involved, but how can it lead to deeper levels of interaction? Some thoughts.
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Boot Camp Digital
See former colleague Krista Neher's Boot Camp Digital. Local Social media tips and tricks. Great stuff. "Krista really knows her stuff re: social media. She...
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Fusion Tables
Had completely missed this idea in Google Docs: Fusion Tables. " ... a new option in Google Docs: creating tables. It seems that Google Docs started to integrate...
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Open Badges
A clever, simple idea that also depends much on how it is implemented. An open infrastructure that is all about delivering badges for acquiring skills. Much...
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A Single Molecule Motor
One of the great accomplishments of the 19th century was the electric motor. Converting electrical energy to controllable mechanical energy. Now a single molecule...
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